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Thursday, April 13, 2006

The Progressive Power Yoga® Workouts Are The First In The Yoga ExerciseIndustry To Become Available For Download To Portable iPod VideoDevices

From yoga master Mark Blanchard comes therelease of Mark Blanchard’s Progressive Power Yoga® System workoutvideos that are now available for download to portable iPod devices.The downloadable versions of Blanchard’s popular yoga workout videosare the first of their kind in the yoga exercise industry to becomeavailable for download. Now the same popular Mark Blanchard power yogaworkout videos that are available on DVDs can also be downloaded toportable iPods. Power yoga enthusiasts can take Mark Blanchard’sProgressive Power Yoga® workout videos with them wherever they travelaround the world.

Progressive Power Yoga® workouts available for download include therecently released Mark Blanchard’s Progressive Power Yoga System—TheSedona Experience™ and Mark Blanchard’s original 3-part ProgressivePower Yoga Trilogy™. The Sedona Experience is a 5-part DVD series thatis designed to incorporate all of the integral components andphilosophy behind one of the most powerful and invigorating mind/bodyworkouts on the market today. Practiced in rotation throughout theweek, these five exhilarating routines (The Foundation™, The Core™, TheStretch™, The Flow™, and The Culmination™) target the entire body fromhead to toe and challenge students of all levels while calming themind. Regular practice speeds up metabolism and can burn up to 700calories in a single workout, while at the same time, sculpt leanmuscles, decrease stress, enhance the immune system, boost confidence,and increase mental clarity.

The workouts in both the 5-part Sedona Experience and the originalTrilogy are available for download individually or as complete sets.Cost ranges from $14.95 for downloads of individual workouts from theTrilogy to $69.95 for downloads of the complete 5-part Mark Blanchard’sProgressive Power Yoga System—The Sedona Experience™.

“Progressive Power Yoga® is an intensely rewarding and upbeat workoutthat embraces the purest form of yoga,” says 25-year yoga veteran MarkBlanchard. “There are no levels, props, or music to this practice. Wesimply perform by listening to the sound of nature and our own breath.”

Mark Blanchard’s Progressive Power Yoga® workouts are suitable forstudents who are beginners as wells as for those who considerthemselves to be advanced. Mark urges those of all fitness levels topractice the workouts at their own individual pace. “This is yogapractice, not yoga perfect,” shares Blanchard. “When you arrive freshat your mat every day and do not come with expectations, you will findyour true yogic being. I did not create these workouts for my studentsto breeze through. They will challenge you. But beginners willappreciate that I produce workouts with students of all skill levels sothe beginners will always have someone to watch with whom they canidentify. You truly progress at your own level on your own timetable.”

Mark Blanchard’s Progressive Power Yoga® workouts are available foriPod downloads at www.marksyoga.com .

About Mark Blanchard

Mark Blanchard played semi-pro baseball and college football in New York. His promising sports career was cut short by injuries to hisknees and a shoulder. Urged by his orthopedic surgeon to attend a yogaclass to rehabilitate his body, he was utterly hooked from the firstdownward dog at Norman Allan’s studio in Manhattan. Blanchard hasprovided power yoga fitness training for many celebrities includingRachel Griffiths, Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Liu, Andy Garcia, and DrewBarrymore. Blanchard has a keen understanding of yoga’s regenerativepowers in healing and possibly preventing injury. He uses thisknowledge in training professional athletes throughout the world.

Blanchard is a leader in the Progressive Power Yoga® movement. Hispopular studio in Los Angeles, CA attracts a wide variety of yogapractitioners from beginning to advanced. He is dedicated to teachinghis students how yoga can provide balance to their lives throughbuilding strength, decreasing stress, and cultivating longevity.

About The Illusion Factory

For more than 26 years, The Illusion Factory (IF) has been responsiblefor the global promotion and production of more than $5.5 billion infilmed, televised and live entertainment for a variety ofinternationally renowned clients. The Illusion Factory has a mandate toproduce products that inform and empower people. “Through thecollective creativity at The Illusion Factory and Illusion FactoryProductions, we are working to do our share to make the world a betterplace to live in.,” says Brian Weiner, President & CEO. “From MarkBlanchard’s Progressive Power Yoga® to John and Noel Gyro’s DefenseIncorporated to Illusion Factory Kids’ Toad Catchers’ Creek books…TheIllusion Factory is clearly…. Inspiration Produced.”